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How Mnangagwa squandered his goodwill
President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses ZANU-PF supporters on his return from brief exile in South Africa last NovemberIN the euphoria of Robert Mugabe's fall, Zimbabweans would have done anyth...Published: 13 hrs ago | 2837 | by newZWire
Chin'ono barred from using 'spying' goggles
ZIMBABWEAN authorities have stopped jailed journalist Hopewell Chin'ono from wearing his Covid-19 protective goggles on suspicions they were fitted with spying technology to pry into the goings on wit...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:35hrs | 2988 | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono and Jacob Ngarivhume sent to Chikurubi maximum prison
Imprisoned journalist Hopewell Chin'ono and Transform Zimbabwe Presidet Jacob Ngarivhume will be transferred to CDhikurubi Maximum prison, their lawyer Doug Coltart of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Right...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 18:07hrs | 3709 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gumbura's rape jail sentence slashed
RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura on Wednesday had his jail sentence on four counts of rape reduced, but his legal team claims it was not enough and is now seeking to appro...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:45hrs | 1459 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zinara boss cleared of corruption
FORMER Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) finance director, Mr Simon Taranhike, who was on bail pending appeal on his conviction and sentence after being jailed for effective 15 months on...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 08:58hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
'As elected leader, I will bring prosperity' insist Mnangagwa - failed precisely because you rigged and are illegitimate
"Muromo hauzarirwi nerwizi!" (There is no flooded river that big mouth cannot cross!) so goes the Shona adage. President Mnangagwa, big mouth, told the nation in his State of Nation Address there is n...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1176 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Dangarembga decries state 'chokehold'
A prize-winning Zimbabwean novelist and filmmaker arrested at recent protests accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government on Tuesday of holding its people in a repressive "chokehold" as they end...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 18:08hrs | 1454 | by Reuter
MDC Alliance responds to Mnangagwa's State of the Nation Address
The reason why Mnangagwa is labeling the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa a terrorist organization is to justify his current crackdown on our leadership. Our Entire Youth Assembly leadership is bein...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 14:11hrs | 10205 | by Charlton Hwende
British MP calls for more sanctions against Mnangagwa
BRITISH MP and former anti-apartheid campaigner Peter Hain has urged the British government to extend sanctions against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime because of "escalating human rights violat...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:03hrs | 1144 | by Staff reporter
Mum migrates leaving three fatherless children alone with no food
FIFTEEN-year-old Josphat Chibaya (15) dreams of being a soldier and aims at protecting his country in times of trouble, his younger sister Emma (13) wants to ensure we have a healthy nation as she wan...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 08:17hrs | 2893 | by Staff Reporter
1 more week in jail for Chin'ono, Ngarivhume
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono and Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume will spend another weekend in jail after the State asked for postponement of their matters, saying they were yet to prepare ...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:46hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's relative jailed for swindling soldier, cop
A CHINHOYI magistrate has convicted a close relative to late former president Robert Mugabe for defrauding a couple of US$4 300 in a botched land deal.Ruvengo Jenami (45), who was facing a fra...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:42hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs a break
This Zanu PF government is a farce, a sham and a masquerade. The problem with this government is like a person who is going to the carpenter to pull their aching tooth. Imagine the type of a tool the ...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 09:12hrs | 1423 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe urged to release more prisoners
THE International Coalition Against Coronavirus for Africa (ICAC) Zimbabwean chapter has urged authorities to release more prisoners from overcrowded correctional facilities, which the organisation sa...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 09:00hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Perrance Shiri made British soldiers lie down and threatened to slaughter them
In The Army and Politics in Zimbabwe: Mujuru, the Liberation Fighter and Kingmaker, Miles Tendi reveals Perrance Shiri was so out of control he once made British soldiers lie down and threatened to sl...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 13:41hrs | 2995 | by Staff reporter
Give us our daily bread: Giving thanks
Today I woke up thinking of a certain event that touched my heart a few years ago. This is a true story, and I believe the person concerned would find no qualms in me sharing the story. This is a stor...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 11:30hrs | 460 | by Robert Sigauke, fellow servant in the Lord, Johannesburg
'My new partner is worse than the one I had before'
IN 2013, we had good neighbours, a couple who suddenly started having problems in their marriage and would seek our help to solve their issues. They were not really big problems as such, but misunders...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 09:32hrs | 4673 | by Joseph Maniragena
Man fined $300 for assaulting ex-lover
A MAN from Nguboyenja in Bulawayo has been fined $300 for assaulting his ex-lover with an empty bottle for ignoring him and alleged cheating....Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 07:29hrs | 831 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's govt warns US against interference?
THE arrest of political activists Hopewell Chin'ono and Jacob Ngarivhume last week, was a pre-emptive move by authorities to quell a potentially violent foreign-funded insurrection meant to destabilis...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:56hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
UZ investigates fake documents ring
If you have "qualified" employees that are proving to be incompetent, you have every reason to cross-check the authenticity of their qualifications.It is possible for a person who has never se...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:54hrs | 1240 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed 9 years for stock theft
A 36-YEAR-OLD GURUVE man was sentenced to a 9-year mandatory jail term for stealing a cow from his neighbour by Guruve resident magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa yesterday.Irvine Chigame of Magwen...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 22:43hrs | 1497 | by Simbarashe Sithole
FULL TEXT: Mutsvangwa statement on the arrest of Hopewell Chin'ono and Ngarivhume
Government would like to set the record straight on the arrest of Hopewell Chin'ono and Jacob Ngarivhume and their subsequent appearance in court. We have noted with dismay, a well-coordinated local a...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 14:00hrs | 4263 | by Monica Mutsvangwa
Graca Machel Trust speaks on Hopewell Chin'ono's fraud allegations
Graca Machel Trust has dismissed reports by some social media users who are accusing Award winning journalist Hopewell Chin'ono of fleecing unsuspecting students through a botched scholarship fund. ...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 11:29hrs | 11885 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Long winter for Gomba, Chin'ono
HARARE mayor Herbert Gomba and journalist Hopewell Chin'ono are set for a long cold winter season in remand prison after being denied bail yesterday and remanded in custody to August 7.Gomba, ...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 08:38hrs | 1531 | by Staff reporter
United Nations calls out Mnangagwa
THE Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHCR) has reacted angrily to increasing cases of human rights abuses in Zimbabwe under the cover of the COVID-19 lockdown. In a statement yesterday, UNHCR...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 08:36hrs | 6376 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa roped into Hopewell Chin'ono's court case
Nine top media organisations across the world have written to the as Chair of the African Union, and as the President of the Republic of South Africa Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in the crimi...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 08:31hrs | 4708 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Curfew regulations clarified
THE gazetted legal statutory instrument amending lockdown regulations by setting the 6PM to 6AM curfew, now requires church gatherings, jogging, walking and cycling to take place not earlier than 8AM ...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 08:20hrs | 5020 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe protests leaders flee their homes
MANY leading players in the planned month-end anti-government mass protests have fled their homes as raids on their residences by suspected State agents continue.This comes as authorities and ...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 19:04hrs | 7344 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono spends fourth night in remand prison
JOuRNAlIST Hopewell Chin'ono has spent a fourth night in remand prison after the magistrate hearing the case adjourned proceedings to today in line with curfew regulations decreed by President Emmerso...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1198 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's gvt is shooting itself in the foot'
THE government is scoring an own goal by being seen to be cracking down unjustly on the organisers of the planned July 31 mass protests and other critics, political analysts and rights groups told the...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 21:31hrs | 3277 | by Staff reporter
State wants Ngarivhume jailed
THE State wants the arrested convenor of the planned July 31 protests, Jacob Ngarivhume, to be denied bail, arguing if released he will lead demonstrations that will degenerate into violence. ...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 21:19hrs | 2649 | by Staff reporter
Man fined for beating up 'cheating' lover
A VICTORIA Falls man who used a piece of hosepipe and stick to assault his girlfriend after he discovered that she was cheating on him has been fined $1 000 for domestic violence.Praymore Tshu...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 20:17hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Top cop appeals conviction, sentence
FORMER officer-in-charge Criminal Investigations Department in Gweru, Detective Inspector Leonard Gwandu, who was last week sentenced to an effective two-year jail term on charges of releasing a stole...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 08:47hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
'July 31 protesters will be jailed'
AS THE economy continues to tank amid rampant public sector corruption, opposition parties have upped the ante by mobilising for July 31 anti-government protests.Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyam...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 17:57hrs | 4207 | by Staff reporter
Thieving cop jailed 30 months
A BEITBRIDGE police officer has been sentenced to 30 months in jail for stealing six lost and found goats under his employer's care.Constable Edzai Makuve, based at Zezani Police Station, will...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 17:55hrs | 1123 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa to handle 31 July protesters as terrorists'
JITTERY authorities have once again warned the opposition and civil society groups planning to hold unsanctioned mass demonstrations on July 31 that they will be treated like terrorists and likely end...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 17:54hrs | 2686 | by Staff reporter
Rapist infects girl with STI
A Mvurwi man was yesterday jailed for 18 years after he raped a 13-year-old girl and infected her with a sexually transmitted disease.Edson Tembo appeared before Bindura regional court magistr...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 09:21hrs | 1025 | by Staff reporter
Panic as Covid-19 hits Zimbabwe prisons
Two positive Covid-19 cases have been recorded at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, adding to unofficial reports of a coronavirus death at the same place and a third case at the correctional services...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 09:20hrs | 1255 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga escapes jail
HIGH Court judge, Mary Zimba Dube has put to an end a long-running legal feud between controversial businessman Frank Buyanga and a Harare couple over a US$282 640 debt.Since 2016, Tawanda and...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 08:43hrs | 1188 | by newzimbabwe
Man caught red handed raping 12-year-old neighbour
A 51-YEAR-OLD Glendale man was sentenced to 16 years behind bars by Bindura regional magistrate Gloria Takundwa on Thursday after he was caught raping his 12-year-old neighbour.Moses Jimu of M...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 07:27hrs | 2445 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zacc targets to complete 80 dockets by year end
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has set a target of at least 80 dockets to be completed and submitted to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for prosecution by December 31, 2020....Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 07:50hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
Bogus cop arrested at roadblock
A Harare man was slapped with a three-month jail term for impersonating a police officer while driving without a licence.Daniel Chibvongodze (29) appeared before Bindura magistrate Ethel Chich...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:04hrs | 1344 | by Staff reporter
Jason Machaya's son dies in car crash
THE son of former Midlands Provincial Affairs minister Jason Machaya, Foster, died in a car crash on Wednesday night along the Gweru-Mvuma Road in an accident that also claimed the life of a popular G...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:11hrs | 3742 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabweans killed in Botswana
POLICE in Plumtree have raised concern over the ill-treatment of Zimbabweans in Botswana with two people having been killed in the neighbouring country recently. There have been complaints in ...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:06hrs | 1617 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has always had a democracy deficit
DEMOCRACY is an embodiment of governance in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodic free ...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:16hrs | 575 | by Jonathan Chando
High Court quashes MDC Alliance activists' conviction
BULAWAYO High Court on Tuesday granted the appeal made by three Plumtree-based MDC Alliance activists who were convicted in 2018 on political violence charges after clashing with Zanu-PF activists dur...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:00hrs | 2267 | by Staff reportetr
CID boss jailed for abuse of office
THE officer-in-charge of CID Gweru, Detective Inspector Leonard Gwandu has been sentenced to three years in prison for criminal abuse of office. Gwandu will, however serve an effective two years in ja...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 06:57hrs | 1457 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa will have no sacred cows
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will have no sacred cows in the fight against corruption with the Tuesday sacking of a Cabinet minister testimony of his stance to uproot the cancerous vice, a senior Government of...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 06:59hrs | 3606 | by Staff reporter
Undenge loses last bid for freedom
JAILED former Energy Minister Samuel Undenge has lost his application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court against a High Court decision upholding a 30 month-jail sentence imposed on him for corru...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 20:26hrs | 1914 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean problems need a military solution
To solve problems brought by genocidists in a country, the route can never be through the popularly known ballot box but a military intervention, if indeed prosperity becomes the ultimate goal wanted ...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 18:35hrs | 3601 | by Mthwakazi Liberation Front
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